Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Trim and destroy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trim" instead a verb "Destroy".
Trim
Trim verb - To defeat by a large margin.
Usage example: they trimmed our team by 40 points
Both words in one sentence
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Genius Bruiser: Kurt Hendricks/Cobalt - he's both a nuclear strategist and a former Swedish special forces member, and although he's no longer in full fighting trim, he almost keeps Ethan at bay in the climactic end fight long enough for the nuclear missile he launched to destroy San Francisco.
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